Here we go again ..... Seahawks DE Michael Bennett remains seated during national anthem

[Betallsports]

Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett sat alone on the team's bench during the national anthem as the Seahawks opened the preseason in Los Angeles on Sunday.After the song concluded, Bennett rejoined his teammates on the field who were standing with locked arms

Bennett's silent protest took place one day after Oakland Raiders running back and former teammate Marshawn Lynch remained seated before the Raiders 20-10 loss to the Arizona Cardinals.


Like Lynch, Bennett received a mix of hate and praise for his protest.

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The move from Bennett doesn't exactly come as a surprise.


The Pro Bowl defensive end has been outspoken about social issues that matter to him before and is currently writing a book called "How to Make White People Uncomfortable."


Bennett is also good friends with 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who began sitting during the national anthem last September. He recently said he believes Kaepernick is being "blackballed" in regard to the fact he has not yet been signed by an NFL team.


Kaepernick worked out for the Seahawks this offseason, but the team later decided to sign Broncos free agent Austin Davis instead.

 

[Betallsports]

Well we already know this guy is a POS by the book he wrote.

Fuk Him

 

[slapshot]

Hockey season is around the corner

 

[HacheMan]

Hockey season is around the corner

I become a bigger fan each & every year

 

[StevieRay]

So the pattern here that's it's blacks not standing?

 

[Betallsports]

[h=1]Bennett explains why he will keep sitting during anthem[/h]With a new NFL season unofficially underway, it has become clear that some players across the league will continue protesting the national anthem. Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett, who chose to sit during the pregame ritual over the weekend, is among those who have joined the movement.

Bennett sat on the bench with a towel draped over his head during Sunday’s preseason game against the Los Angeles Chargers.
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After Seattle’s 48-17 win, Bennett told reporters he plans to continue sitting during the national anthem and hopes to inspire people to become more involved with social issues in their communities.


“First of all, I want people to understand that I love the military,” Bennett said, via Eric D. Williams of ESPN.com. “My father’s in the military. I love hot dogs like any other American. I love football like any other American. But I don’t love segregation. I don’t love riots or oppression.


“I just want to see people have the equality that they deserve. And I want to be able to use this platform to continuously push the message of that.”
Bennett did not inform his coaches or teammates of his plans to make a political statement during the national anthem, but one Seahawks player told ESPN’s Jim Trotter that he is fine with the decision “as long as Michael is preaching love and not hate.”


“Let people attack me because they don’t believe what I believe in, but at the end of the day, I’m being vulnerable to show every person that no matter [what] you believe in, keep fighting for it,” Bennett said. “Keep fighting for equality. Keep fighting for oppressed people. And keep trying to change society.”


One of Bennett’s former teammates also sat on the bench during the national anthem before his game on Saturday, so we obviously haven’t seen the last of the protests.

 

[wizardofodd]

i see 50 blacks and 1 white guy in that picture. thats not equality, lol

some ppl are just ignorant

I don't care if you white black brown yellow blue green, we all bleed red

 

[drJmali]

stick to sports

 

[KennyB]

I called Directv this morning and cancelled my NFL Ticket Subscription. These guys can go fuck themselves. I have been a subscriber for 20 years.

 

[drJmali]

you cancelled your NFL Ticket bc of two guys protesting police brutality? LOL, they won't miss your dollars. Good to see this has turned into a platform for political hate speak, well done guys.

 

[StevieRay]

They can do other things to get people involved. That's just being an assclown

 

[tatehill2000]

you cancelled your NFL Ticket bc of two guys protesting police brutality? LOL, they won't miss your dollars. Good to see this has turned into a platform for political hate speak, well done guys.

Your an idiot..
You paint the situation in the most moronic way..
Watching overpayed blacks cry about equality when the world and the us. Has never been more equal, the whole time saying... how can I disrespect the white man...

That's why people are turning off the tv. And cancel the nfl package

 

[C.P.]

you cancelled your NFL Ticket bc of two guys protesting police brutality? LOL, they won't miss your dollars. Good to see this has turned into a platform for political hate speak, well done guys.

which ghost are you....

6 Post in a year...haha....

go away....

 

[Enfuego]

I don't have any issues with these protests.

My issue is the premise for the protests is a sham. It's all based on a false narrative.

 

[Hamilbet]

Hockey season is around the corner

 

[RenoChazz]

I don't have any issues with these protests.

My issue is the premise for the protests is a sham. It's all based on a false narrative.

I agree. The numbers aren't there to back up cops purposely targeting blacks and killing them. There other issues with the criminal justice system though, starting and ending with the war on drugs. Wish these guys would get educated, cause I could get behind some of the real issues that have merit.

 

[Mobdeeper7239]

Keep fighting for equality. Keep fighting for oppressed people. And keep trying to change society.” -Bennet


Oppressed people does not mean only black people.

So why is it all based on false narrative?

I think people assume he is talking about only black murders by cops.

Lmao. He's not, clearly. Read it again.

But for some reason it automatically gets taken as he is bitching about cops killing black people.

Wow guys. Wow. Just stop with these threads. You expose yourselves too easily

 

[Mobdeeper7239]

Equality doesn't mean just black people. If you think he is strictly talking about black people. You need to rethink your thoughts. And reread better.

I don't even think he said the word, "Black" bahahabba


But of course that is what the message automatically gets taken as

 

[tatehill2000]

Equality doesn't mean just black people. If you think he is strictly talking about black people. You need to rethink your thoughts. And reread better.

I don't even think he said the word, "Black" bahahabba


But of course that is what the message automatically gets taken as

when Paired with the book that he wrote?? yes,,,, he isnt trying to create peace, he is trying to create negativity,,,,

so I write a book that says,,, how to make blacks angry, and take advantage of their stupidity,, Everything I say after that will have a tinge of racism to it,,,

SO DOES HIS,,,

 

[Mobdeeper7239]

when Paired with the book that he wrote?? yes,,,, he isnt trying to create peace, he is trying to create negativity,,,,

so I write a book that says,,, how to make blacks angry, and take advantage of their stupidity,, Everything I say after that will have a tinge of racism to it,,,

SO DOES HIS,,,

There is stuff on the internet about learning from some terrorist fuck to brainwash people to make them kill Americans. This is a free country. You can write racist books in your free time. Eminem made millions off of making fun of gay people. NWA made millions about talking about white cops killing blacks. You can do this type of stuff. Including writing a book. And are all of those guys really racist or hate gays? Think.

Everybody is somewhat racist. Not saying Bennet is not. But his message on WHY he is sitting is broader than black people being gunned down by cops.


You can write that book. But it might not be fully racist. Might just be facts. If it's based on your real life experiences then who am I to say that book is crap.